Google Maps Rating: 4/5 This is one long drive. Like really long. It’ll take about 2-2.5 hours end to end. Wear sun screen as you will get sunburned on the way up or down. There isn’t a lot of shade on the road. If starting at Livemore the road begins as a single lane. After…

Google Maps Rating: 4/5 Notes: Best run from 580 south towards 84 as cyclists tend to ride from 84 north to 580. Several blind corners. Nice curves here and there with a few open straights. Many driveways. Not too fun when wet. The road itself is pretty narrow.

All good things must end. In this case I needed to pay for school and I wasn’t drive too much anymore, so the Insight moved on. The new owner is a nice gentleman from Sausalito who’d been looking for one for a few years. Hopefully I’ll see it around one of these days

Got lucky last week. Found a dude out in Hayward with a trans from an 06 with less than 20k on it. Swapped in in this weekend and shifts like a dream now. In comparison, my old box was trashed; noisy as hell at speed, 2nd gear basically gone with 3rd and 4th going. Got…

Slightly random update, the Insight is capable of propelling itself on flat ground fairly well with only 2 cylinders and no IMA. It can also climb moderate hills. Found this out while I was trying to diagnose a no start condition and I accidently left the #q coil pack unplugged. Ended up being water in…

Been a while since I’ve updated this thread so…… My 2nd gear syncro is gone. Tried Syncromesh FM, Redline MTL, Honda MTF, and with a few different gear oil/MTF tonics and end result was squat. So double clutching it is. Replaced most of the cooling hoses, you need a small monkey or child to get…